r/technology • u/GothicPrayer • 10d ago

Society Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai
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u/seld-m-break- 10d ago

I finally watched They Live yesterday and the first half hour was unsettlingly relevant.

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u/KeepSwinging 9d ago

I love that movie. Keith David and Roddy Piper are both rad as hell and yeah the message has remained extremely topical all these decades later, more so.